" Sir Erskine May notes that " reformed Parliament was, unquestionably, more liberal and progressive in its policy than the Parliaments of old ; more vigorous and active ; more susceptible to the influence of public opinion ; and more secure in the confidence of the people ," but admitted that " grave defects still remained to be considered.

At the age of twenty-one Erskine was the cause — probably by accident — of a priest's death, and was forced to go abroad, where he came under the influence of the new learning.

Erskine was also drawn towards the new faith, being a close friend of George Wishart, the reformer, from whose fate he was saved by his wealth and influence, and of John Knox, who advised him to discountenance the mass openly.

In the stormy controversies of the time of Mary, Queen of Scots, and her son, James VI, Erskine was a conspicuous figure and a moderating influence.

Knighted in 1916, Sir Alfred displayed extensive philanthropic tendencies throughout his later years, donating towards: a convalescent home on the Isle of Dogs for the benefit of children ; residences for soldiers ' widows in Hampstead Garden Suburb ( the Barnett Homestead, Erskine Hill ); a school, Bearwood College, in Berkshire ; a home and hospital for children in Broadstairs, Kent ; a scholarship at University College London ; a gallery at Oundle School in Northamptonshire ; and medical research at the Royal London Hospital, Whitechapel, among other noble causes.

The Great Books of the Western World came about as the result of a discussion among American academics and educators, starting in the 1920s and 1930s and begun by Prof. John Erskine of Columbia University, about how to improve the higher education system by returning it to the western liberal arts tradition of broad cross-disciplinary learning.

Greenwood lived at Loughton, where among his neighbours were Sir Frank Baines, Millais Culpin, and Leonard Erskine Hill.

John Erskine, 3rd Earl of Mar ( c. 1585 – 1654 ), his only son by his first wife, succeeded to his earldom ; by his second wife he had five sons, among them being James ( died 1640 ), earl of Buchan ; Henry ( died 1628 ), whose son David succeeded to the barony of Cardross ; and Charles, the ancestor of the earls of Rosslyn.

* 1680 – Ebenezer Erskine, Scottish minister ( d. 1754 )

A man pours some whisky into a flask in this 1869 oil painting by Scottish artist Erskine Nicol. After the English Malt Tax of 1725, most of Scotland ’ s distillation was either shut down or forced underground.

* November 6 – Ralph Erskine, Scottish minister ( b. 1685 )

* June 2 – Ebenezer Erskine, Scottish religious dissenter ( b. 1680 )

* June 22 – Ebenezer Erskine, Scottish religious dissenter ( d. 1754 )

* March 18 – Ralph Erskine, Scottish minister ( d. 1752 )

** John Erskine of Dun, Scottish religious reformer ( b. 1509 )

** James Erskine, Lord Grange, Scottish judge ( d. 1754 )

** John Erskine of Dun, Scottish religious reformer ( d. 1591 )

Most distressingly for Anne, James insisted on placing Prince Henry in the custody of John Erskine, Earl of Mar at Stirling Castle, in keeping with Scottish Royal tradition.

* Robert Erskine, ( 1735 – 1780 ), a Scottish inventor and later an American officer in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War.

However, in objecting strongly to the form and pattern of Union Flag adopted by James ' heralds, whereby the cross of Saint George surmounted that of Saint Andrew, ( regarded in Scotland as a slight upon the Scottish nation ), a great number of shipmasters and ship-owners in Scotland took up the matter with John Erskine, 18th Earl of Mar, and encouraged him to send a letter of complaint, dated 7 August 1606, to James VI, via the Privy Council of Scotland, stating:

Others who were members of the Order included Christian VI, King of Denmark, General James Oglethorpe, Governor of Georgia, Tomochichi, Chief of the Creek nation of native American Indians, and Erskine, a Scottish member of the British Parliament.

At the accession of King George I in 1714, John Erskine, 6th Earl of Mar was deprived of the governorship, as well as the post of Scottish Secretary.

Thomas Erskine of Linlathen ( October 13, 1788 – March 20, 1870 ) was a Scottish advocate and lay theologian in the early part of the 19th century.

Just outside Montrose is the 18th Century House of Dun, designed by the Scottish architect William Adam and built in 1730 for David Erskine, 13th Laird of Dun.

John Erskine of Dun ( 1509 – 1591 ) was a Scottish religious reformer.

General James St Clair-Erskine, 2nd Earl of Rosslyn GCB, PC ( 6 February 1762 – 18 January 1837 ), known as Sir James Erskine, Bt, between 1765 and 1789 and as Sir James St Clair-Erskine, Bt, between 1789 and 1805, was a Scottish soldier, politician, and Acting Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Scotland, on behalf of King George IV.

Ruairidh Erskine ( 1869-1960 ) ( Scottish Gaelic: Ruaridh Arascain ) was a Scottish nationalist activist born in Brighton, East Sussex, England.

After some initial difficulties due to the entrenched opposition of Henry Erskine, the Dean of the Faculty and leading Scottish Whig, the Scottish Association of the Friends of the People was duly formed at Edinburgh on 26 July 1792.

Ebenezer Erskine ( 22 June 1680 – 2 June 1754 ) was a Scottish minister whose actions led to the establishment of the Secession Church ( formed of dissenters from the Church of Scotland ).

Ralph Erskine ( 18 March 1685 – 6 November 1752 ) was a Scottish churchman.

Henry Erskine, who had not forgiven Muir for his attempts to undermine his authority with the burgh reformers, was now presented with the perfect opportunity for revenge.

By August 1809, diplomatic relations with Britain deteriorated as minister David Erskine was withdrawn and replaced by " hatchet man " Francis James Jackson ; Madison however, resisted calls for war.

* Erskine Bowles, MBA 1969, Former White House Chief of Staff ; President of the University of North Carolina system

Significant collections of Tiffany windows outside the United States are the 17 windows in the former Erskine and American United Church, now part of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts in Montreal, Canada, and the two windows in the American Church in Paris, on the Quai d ' Orsay, which have been classified as National Monuments by the French government ; these were commissioned by Rodman Wanamaker in 1901 for the original American Church building on the right bank of the Seine.

* Graves B. Erskine, U. S. Marine Corps general ; combat officer in World War I, having received the Silver Star and Purple Heart ; U. S. Commander of the 3rd Marine Division in World War II in the Battle of Iwo Jima, having earned the Navy Distinguished Service Medal

* Graves B. Erskine, U. S. Marine Corps general ; combat officer in World War I, having received the Silver Star and Purple Heart ; U. S. Commander of the 3rd Marine Division in World War II in the Battle of Iwo Jima, having earned the Distinguished Service Medal

There are no school buildings although at one time there were several ; the township now is served by Win-E-Mac School District, near Erskine.

Robert Erskine ( K-3 ; 252 ),

They were opposed by those described as the " doves " of the cabinet ; Tánaiste Erskine Childers, George Colley and Patrick Hillery.

The three other men in Helen's life at the time of her disappearance were Walter Fane, a local lawyer ; JJ Afflick, a local tour guide ; and Richard Erskine, who resides in the far north of England.

The colonel's son was John Erskine of Carnock whose second son, David, was a writer to the signet, and purchased the estate of Linlathen, near Dundee ; by the death without surviving issue of his elder brothers, it came into the possession of Thomas Erskine in 1816.

* Henry F. Henderson, Erskine of Linlathen: Selections and Biography, Oliphant Anderson and Ferrier, London, 1899 ;

* Trevor Hart, The Teaching Father: An Introduction to the Theology of Thomas Erskine of Linlathen, St. Andrew Press, Edinburgh, 1993 ;

* Nicholas R. Needham, Thomas Erskine of Linlathen: his life and theology, Rutherford House Books, Edinburgh, 1990 ;

* Donald F. Winslow, Thomas Erskine: Advocate for the Character of God, University Press of America, New York, 1993 ;

* Philip E. Devenish, Christianity and Conscience: The Revisionary Calvinism of Thomas Erskine of Linlathen, Unpublished Manuscript, 1997 ;

He learned the rudiments of Latin at the grammar school of Montrose, after leaving which he learned Greek for two years under Pierre de Marsilliers, a Frenchman whom John Erskine of Dun had persuaded to settle at Montrose ; such was Melville's proficiency that on going to the University of St Andrews he astonished the professors by using the Greek text of Aristotle, which no one else there understood.